Trump Struggles To Find A Mattis Replacement After Second Rejection

January 6, 2019 - Washington, DC, United States: United States President Donald J. Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House headed to Camp David.(Chris Kleponis / Polaris)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 6: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media before departing the White House for Camp David on January 6, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chris Kleponis - Pool/Getty Images)
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President Trump is reportedly struggling to find a suitable person to replace Defense Secretary James Mattis after his hasty exit from the White House last month, Politico reported.

Former Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), who served three terms in the Senate before retiring and was appointed to fill Sen. John McCain’s senate seat after he passed away in August, turned down Trump’s offer to head the Pentagon. Kyl is the second person to rebuff the White House’s offer. Retried General Jack Keane also declined to take the position after Mattis left. As Politico notes, Keane also declined the job offer in 2016.

Mattis resigned in late December over Trump’s decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria, which, as he wrote in a scathing resignation letter, Mattis thought was a grave mistake.

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  1. Face it Dotard, they are just not into you.

  2. Maybe Mulvaney will take the job!

  3. Gotta be Mick Mulvaney… Toad could just fill every day all day with “executive time”, do a morning call with FFrenz, daily exclusive with the Hannibul or Lady JudgeJean, toss off a few tweets, do the daily check in call with his buddy Vlad, bucket of fried chicken with cake and ice cream, call it a day. Mick can do the rest.

  4. Avatar for jmacaz jmacaz says:

    Cant believe no one wants to work for the Muthahfukah®

  5. Just pick anyone off the street that has absolutely no knowledge of govt. You are incompetent and no one with any smarts would dare step near your administration. The Lump is one big loser.

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